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Record Creation: Entered on 16 September 2023.

 

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2019-12-14 13:52:06 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 11/19
www.brightwells.com/lot-details/100011852

Auction description:
Lot number 169
Sale Price Not Sold
Make & Model Jaguar MkII 3.8 Automatic
Registration YOB 199
Year 1967
Colour VW Red Spice metallic
Engine Size 3,781 cc
Chassis No. 121567DN
Engine No. 7B543288
Documents V5C; large file of restoration invoices and photos

Widely regarded as the best-looking saloon ever made on these shores, the Jaguar Mk2 embodied the William Lyons philosophy of ‘Grace, Pace and Space’. However, some people are never happy and always think they can go one better – which is where the vendor of this car comes in.

He had always loved the lines of the Mk2 but was concerned that after years of being spoiled by the sheer convenience of modern cars, the reality of driving such an old car simply wouldn’t live up to the dream. His answer was simple – he would get one specially built just the way he wanted it.

His first task was to source the best possible shell he could find, the solution coming in the form of a virtually rust-free two-owner 240 dating from October 1967 which he bought in 2012. Over the next six years he had the car professionally rebuilt from the ground-up, adding many upgrades along the way.

The exact spec is too detailed to list in full here but highlights include: fully rebuilt 3.8 engine with new pistons etc; reconditioned Jaguar X300 automatic gearbox; uprated brakes and suspension; uprated cooling system and alloy radiator; uprated heating and ventilation system including modern air conditioning from RetroAir USA; uprated windscreen wiper/washer system from CMC; uprated electrics and exterior lights; electrically adjustable X300 Sport seats, modified to fit and retrimmed in new Italian leather; inertia-reel seat belts front and rear; Nardi steering wheel; premium Kenwood sound system with sat nav, DVD etc; new door, boot and screen rubbers; new 15” MWS 72-spoke chrome wire wheels with new Avon tyres; the list goes on and on but you get the picture...

Halfway through the build the vendor saw some photos of the modernised Mk2 Jag that Ian Callum had specially commissioned CMC to make for him. Taking inspiration from that car, he copied the front and rear styling, ditching the heavy chrome bumpers in favour of lightweight resin bumpers moulded to the shape of the car and painted in body colour, a mesh grille being added for a more sporting look. The wheel arches were also subtly flared and the whole car treated to a bare metal repaint in VW Red Spice metallic, all fully documented in many photos and invoices on file.

On offer here at a fraction of the costs lavished upon it to date (and at one-tenth the price of the Callum car you can order from CMC), this spectacular Mk2 has covered fewer than 40 ‘shakedown’ miles since the build was completed and will need a period of careful running-in before the prodigious performance is exploited to the full. The icing on the cake is the personalised YOB 199 number plate which is transferable and doubtless has a value of its own.

2023-09-16 19:26:19 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/23

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-438---1967-jaguar-mkii/

Auction description:

20th Sep, 2023, 30th Anniversary Sale at The Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Lot 438

1967 Jaguar MkII

Estimate £18,000 - £22,000

Registration No: Unregistered

Chassis No: 121567DN

MOT: Exempt

Bespoke-built c.2012-2018 'modernised' Mk2 Jaguar

Large list of upgrades for 21st century roads

modern air conditioning from RetroAir USA, electrically adjustable X300 sport seats

Completed in c.2018, the initiator of this build had said he always loved the lines of the Mk2, but was concerned that after years of being spoiled by the sheer convenience of modern cars, the reality of driving such an old car simply couldn’t live up to the dream. His answer was simple, he would get one bespoke-built just the way he wanted it. His first task was to source the best possible shell he could find, the solution coming in the form of a 'virtually rust-free' two-owner Mk2 2.4 model dating from October 1967, which he bought in 2012. Over the next six years he had the car 'professionally rebuilt from the ground-up', adding many upgrades along the way.

Highlights of the full 2018 specification include a fully overahuled 3.8 Litre engine with new pistons etc., mated to a reconditioned Jaguar X300 automatic gearbox. Uprated systems include disc brakes and rear coil suspension conversions, copper extra-cored radiator, Kenlowe fan, heating and ventilation including modern air conditioning from RetroAir USA, electrically adjustable X300 sport seats, inertia-reel seat belts front and rear; Nardi steering wheel; modern sound system, new door, boot and screen rubbers, 4 new 15” MWS 72-spoke chrome wire wheels with new Avon tyres; the list goes on.

Halfway through the build the then owner saw details of the upgraded Mk2 Jaguar that Ian Callum (Director of Design at Jaguar) had specially commissioned Classic Motor Cars Ltd (CMC) to make for him on his retirement. Taking inspiration from that car, he copied the front and rear styling, ditching the heavy chrome bumpers in favour of lightweight resin bumpers moulded to the shape of the car and painted in body colour, a mesh grille being added for a more sporting look. The wheel arches were also subtly flared and the whole car treated to a bare metal repaint in Rouge Lucifer (Diablo Red) Metallic. Now wearing Silver to the bumpers and in need of some fettling, it is offered at a fraction of the costs lavished upon it in 2018.

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